Europe
[The British Embassy] gave me a passport knowing full well I was going to leave the US.
I was not going to allow the U.S Government to subject me to any more torture, these are the two reasons why I made my decision to abscond and were the threat of being another corpse. My fears have been vindicated, in 2015 in excess of 1,200 innocent U.S citizens have been murdered by the U.S police force and they have not been made accountable for their actions.
When I was arrested the federal government took my passport, but after the court case I was contacted by the British Embassy in Washinton D.C. who had watched the court proceedings. They asked me if I needed a passport in order to leave the country as they could provide this within 24 hours. The British Embassy also suggested the best way to leave the U.S undetected and told me if I was arrested under extradition I was to call the number they gave me.
I kissed my wife goodbye and left at 5 o'clock in the evening and drove non-stop from Valdosta Georgia and I made my way to Europe.
...there was a shoot-to-kill policy on me. I was in fear of my life.
I had a overwhelming sense of relief when I arrived in Europe as it was freedom for me, and it was wonderful. You don't realize how important human rights are, the most precious things we could ever have. Two federal police officers visited my wife in America and told them that there was a shoot-to-kill policy on me. I was in fear of my life. I had already had a premonition that something like that would happen to me which is why I had to leave America.
My family looked after me in Italy for six months and I was very gracious. I then returned to the UK to look after my wife's mother because she had dementia. Whilst caring for her she died in the bathroom and I brought her back to life. And she died again at Wickes Builder’s Merchants, and again I brought her back to life. The NHS collected her in an ambulance and the doctors told me I could no longer take care of her because of her condition. I then had to look for work.
I applied for 123 positions. I had three interviews; one told me that I was too old, one company told me I was too qualified, and another company told me that they were concerned that I might take one of the managers positions and so they didn't take me either.
But for the grace of God the British government gave me unemployment benefit which meant I could buy food and at least eat properly. I was disheartened that I couldn't find work. I was at a loss as to what to do. I saw a coffee machine on eBay for sale that needed to be repaired and I bought it, repaired it and sold it back on eBay.
I set up repairing coffee machines in the spare bedroom for 6 months selling and refurbished machines on eBay and later decided to get a website built. Set up Gaggia Saeco Service UK to repair coffee machines. This proved to be so popular that I soon had to convert the garage into a dedicated workshop and rent two lock-ups to store the machines and parts.
During this time the official UK Gaggia distributor and service centre went bust which brought more work our way. In 2010 we moved to larger premises. We now have over 13,000 satisfied customers and it is a successful business growing daily.
I became more aware of the atrocities that the US Government are responsible for in the world.
I was never interested in politics or governments and was really unaware of what is happening in the world. Having lived in America for 20 years and experienced all the bad things; (the death, the inhumanity, the callousness and the coldness of people) I became more aware of the atrocities that the US Government are responsible for in the world.
I've gone back in history now since the Second World War and looked at all the death that America has created and they have murdered 586 million people since World War II they are responsible for thousands of deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq and Libya and now the Ukraine. They do it with impunity. Korea, Vietnam. They have no morals they do not respect human life. It's cheap.
I am now anti-American I don't buy anything American I don't watch American TV programs I don't eat American food I don't drink American drinks I don't associate with Americans I have a total sanctions against America. I'm disappointed that many of the world leaders have become puppets and the American government dictate to them, we are losing our individuality as Europeans because Americans are now infiltrating themselves into our lifestyle they have taken over our language we are bombarded by American movies and adverts. It's quite shocking.